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ENG101 Essay #3 (Research)

We agreed during our discussions that Henrietta did not receive proper and thorough medical care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital because of her race and class. We also agreed that racial and class discrimination still exists in the medical field. Use examples from Henrietta Lack and secondary source(s) to illustrate how race and/or class impacted Henrietta Lack’s medical treatment and how they still play an important role in medical care today.

You need to use at least one journal article or a government source published after 2000. Other sources can be newspaper or magazine articles. Your introduction should state your thesis clearly. Use topic sentences to start your body paragraphs and develop your paragraphs with examples from Henrietta Lacks and your source(s). You essay should have a minimum length of 1,000 words.  Proofread carefully. You also need to write a works cited page and attach your sources to the essay.